Re: [boost] [multiprecision][build] Massive unexplained failures in develop

Subject: Re: [boost] [multiprecision][build] Massive unexplained failures in develop
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-03 14:21:59

On 03/04/2016 18:40, John Maddock wrote:
> Can anyone help me understand why just about every multiprecision test 
> on every platform is failing with link errors, for example: 
> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/output/teeks99-09d-win2012R2-64on64-boost-bin-v2-libs-multiprecision-test-test_arithmetic_ab_1-test-msvc-11-0-dbg-adrs-mdl-64-dbg-symbl-off-lnk-sttc-rntm-lnk-sttc.html
>
> Note that it's complaining about a missing *object* file:  I've 
> checked, and the necessary source files are present in the repository, 
> plus I've pulled those changes on to a virtual machine and everything 
> builds fine locally.  So there's something odd about the build when 
> run from /status or what exactly?
>
> I'm hoping someone can spot something obvious here, or else the 
> testers can tell me where the object file actually placed?
>

Ugh, I note the same errors in the Math lib - and these seem to have 
started when a lib target was simply changed to an obj target (on the 
grounds that it's a single file, so why create a library?).

Surely this should work?

Thanks, John.